Pigeon fancying is part of the school curriculum at Longshaw Junior School in Blackburn, and recently their birds took first place in Oswaldwistle Homing Society’s race from Tewkesbury. Seven-year-old Lawson Berry (above) and father Jonathan Berry, who is the deputy headmaster at the school, are two members of the team. Jonathan said: “Some competitors have 40 […]
Longshaw Junior School in Blackburn is to build a new pigeon loft, thanks to a grant of £1600 from the RPRA. RPRA North West Region President, Phil Murray, is seen right presenting a cheque to the school on behalf of the Future of the Sport Committee. The Park Lee Road school has even written pigeon […]
Two junior members of Oswaldtwistle Homing Society have now established connections with the Royal Lofts at Sandringham. Jonathan Berry, Deputy Headmaster at Longshaw Junior School, will be taking a party of school children to visit the Royal Lofts on Saturday 13th February and have been promised a young bird to start racing this year. Last weekend, […]
Longshaw Junior School in Blackburn has become one of the first schools in Lancashire to have its own team of racing pigeons. Deputy Head, Jonathan Berry, told us: “The project has been set up in conjunction with Oswaldtwistle Homing Society following a visit to our school from society member Peter Hargreaves last October. The project has proven […]
Oswaldtwistle HS club member Peter Hargreaves recently visited Longshaw Junior School in Blackburn to give a talk on racing pigeons to 90 ten and eleven year old children. He introduced them to six of his birds, who were liberated at the end of the session with a coded message which was deciphered at home and […]
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